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24bit level setting [message #76936]

Mon, 11 December 2006 09:03

Simon hexagometeratgm
Messages: 1
Registered: December 2006

Junior Member

Kind of newbie questions, but I wonder, how hot you guys hit the
paris convertors for a 24bit recording. I read that hitting 0dB
doesn't make sense in a 24bit recording, because you have enough
headroom available to go softer, but where is the under limit or optimal
level?
The Paris 8in has trim pots on the rear, does it make sense to
lower these inputs to make more gain at the mic preamp stage and
instead of using a pad?
Thanks
Simon

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Re: 24bit level setting [message #76937 is a reply to message #76936]

Mon, 11 December 2006 09:36

Carl Amburn

Messages: 214
Registered: July 2005

Senior Member

The resolution doesn't really matter to me - I always try to maximize my
recording level (without clipping, of course).

rock on,
-Carl

<Simon hexagometer (at) gmx.net> wrote in message news:457d8136$1@linux...
>
> Kind of newbie questions, but I wonder, how hot you guys hit the
> paris convertors for a 24bit recording. I read that hitting 0dB
> doesn't make sense in a 24bit recording, because you have enough
> headroom available to go softer, but where is the under limit or optimal
> level?
> The Paris 8in has trim pots on the rear, does it make sense to
> lower these inputs to make more gain at the mic preamp stage and
> instead of using a pad?
> Thanks
> Simon
>
>

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Re: 24bit level setting [message #76940 is a reply to message #76936]

Mon, 11 December 2006 10:41

Robert Arsenault

Messages: 49
Registered: September 2006

Member

Simon, I read something about this in "the mixing engineer's handbook'.
Got me curious now, I'll have to check that out.
Think it was -3dB avg

Rob

<Simon hexagometer (at) gmx.net> wrote in message news:457d8136$1@linux...
>
> Kind of newbie questions, but I wonder, how hot you guys hit the
> paris convertors for a 24bit recording. I read that hitting 0dB
> doesn't make sense in a 24bit recording, because you have enough
> headroom available to go softer, but where is the under limit or optimal
> level?
> The Paris 8in has trim pots on the rear, does it make sense to
> lower these inputs to make more gain at the mic preamp stage and
> instead of using a pad?
> Thanks
> Simon
>
>

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Re: 24bit level setting [message #76941 is a reply to message #76940]

Mon, 11 December 2006 12:27

rick

Messages: 1976
Registered: February 2006

Senior Member

that would be the pan law setting for the eventual summing bus. the
trim pots in the rear are more for balancing the meters to a known
input level (sine wave or other) of 0db.

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:41:58 -0400, "Robert Arsenault"
<studiomanitou@gmail.com> wrote:

>Simon, I read something about this in "the mixing engineer's handbook'.
>Got me curious now, I'll have to check that out.
>Think it was -3dB avg
>
>Rob
>
>
>
>
><Simon hexagometer (at) gmx.net> wrote in message news:457d8136$1@linux...
>>
>> Kind of newbie questions, but I wonder, how hot you guys hit the
>> paris convertors for a 24bit recording. I read that hitting 0dB
>> doesn't make sense in a 24bit recording, because you have enough
>> headroom available to go softer, but where is the under limit or optimal
>> level?
>> The Paris 8in has trim pots on the rear, does it make sense to
>> lower these inputs to make more gain at the mic preamp stage and
>> instead of using a pad?
>> Thanks
>> Simon
>>
>>
>

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